“What Newell produced, in the way of vocal music and pop recordings, was considered intrinsically more important to the company's mission and future than any sounds made with electric guitars. That changed in 1963, the first full year that the Beatles -- signed to EMI's Parlophone label the previous year by George Martin -- were with EMI. They broke every sales precedent that year, and for the rest of the decade, generating revenue that was impossible not to take seriously, especially when they hit in America as well. By 1964, it was impossible not to notice the change or respect the efforts of those who work was generating that revenue. Norman Newell was never really a part of the musical world that George Martin opened up with the Beatles.” http://mog.com/artists/bio/mn165837/norman-newell

1965: UK single release: `That's My Life (My Love and My Home)'/`The Next Time You Feel Important', for the Pye label, recorded by Alfred Lennon.

“After Christmas, in 1965, John was embarrassed to hear that Alf had made a record: "That's My Life (My Love and My Home)", released on 31 December 1965.[39][40] John asked Epstein to do anything he could to stop it being released or becoming a hit. The record never made it into the charts.[41] In 1966 "Freddie Lennon" (the name under which Alf recorded) tried again, and issued three singles with the group Loving Kind. These records did not sell well, either. Though the public at large quickly forgot these attempts to cash in on his son's success with The Beatles, the records do command fairly high prices among collectors of rare records, with "That's My Life" being worth over £50.[42]”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Lennon

1967: New Year's party at Cilla Black's flat, 9b Portland Place, London. Following a Northern tradition of “first footing” Ringo is sent out, left alone in the street.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-Foot

1970: Paul McCartney filed a suit against the rest of The Beatles to dissolve their partnership.

1996: Paul McCartney became a Sir after he was listed in the Queens New Year's Honours List.

2005: The John Lennon song Imagine was voted the nations favourite song a quarter of a century after his death. A UK radio station conducted the poll of 7,000 listeners. The Beatles were voted into second and third place with 'Hey Jude' and 'Let It Be.'

“The Decca audition is the name given to the now-famous Beatles audition for Decca Records at their Decca Studios in West Hampstead, north London, England, before they reached international stardom. Decca's decision to reject the group is considered one of the biggest mistakes in music history.”From defunct blog "Wings of Dream"

1964: The first edition of the BBC TV show Top Of The Pops was transmitted from an old church hall in Manchester, England. Introduced by DJ Jimmy Saville, acts miming to their latest releases included The Rolling Stones, (I Wanna Be Your Man), The Dave Clark Five, (Glad All Over), The Hollies, (Stay), and The Swinging Blue Jeans, (Hippy Hippy Shake). The first song played was Dusty Springfield's 'I Only Want To Be With You'. Also featured on disc and film, The Beatles, (I Want to Hold Your Hand), Freddie & the Dreamers, Cliff Richard and the Shadows and Gene Pitney.

"Due to the BBC's former policy of deleting old programmes, the vast majority of the episodes from the first ten years of the programme's history have been lost, including the only live appearance by The Beatles.[27]"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops

1971: Radio Luxembourg aired over seven hours of continuous Beatles music to celebrate the group's tenth year in the music business. Every track played was a single or LP track by The Beatles plus tracks from solo albums.

1970: Studio 2. 2.30pm-12.15am. Recording: `I Me Mine' (takes 1-16). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Last song recorded by the Beatles. During the session, George improvises a version of `Peggy Sue'. John was away in Denmark at the time.

1970: Studio 2. 2.30pm-4.00am. Recording: `Let It Be' (overdub onto take 27, tape reduction edit of take 27 into takes 28-30 with simultaneous overdub, overdub onto take 30). Stereo mixing: `Let It Be' (remixes 1, 2, from take 30). Producer: George Martin; Engineer: Phil McDonald; 2nd Engineer: Richard Langham. Recording of brasses and second guitar solo for `Let It Be' (included on the LP version). Last recording session of Paul, George and George Martin. Last recording session of the Beatles as a band.

January 5th1961: The Beatles played at Litherland Town Hall, Liverpool. In the audience were two members from Rory Storm & the Hurricanes: Johnny Guitar and Ringo Starr who had just returned from Hamburg, Germany. This was the first of 36 for promoter Brian Kelly. (Mark Lewisohn's The Complete Beatles Chronicle)http://triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/archives/talenthere3.shtml

1996: With the “Anthology 1” at number 3 on Billboard’s Top 200, other Beatles albums enjoyed high standings in the Pop Catalog. “Abbey Road” came in at number 9, “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” at number 10, “The Beatles 1967-1970” at number 13 and “The Beatles” (White Album) at number 15.

1964: The Playhouse Theatre, London. 2:30-4:00pm. The Beatles recorde the following songs for the BBC's `Saturday Club': `All My Loving', `Money (That's What I Want)', `The Hippy Hippy Shake', `I Want To Hold Your Hand',; `Roll Over Beethoven', `Johnnie B. Goode' and `I Wanna Be Your Man'. This is only known Beatles recording of `Johnnie B. Goode'. `I Want To Hold Your Hand' is the same version recorded 17 December 1963.

1967: “Yesterday and Today” was in its 29th week in the Billboard Top 200. 1968: Using the pseudonym Mr Brown, George Harrison flew to India on this day, accompanied by Neil Aspinall. He arrived in Bombay the following day, where he produced a series of sessions with local musicians. The main project was the recording of the score for the film Wonderwall, although while there the backing track for The Beatles' song The Inner Light was also recorded.http://www.beatlesbible.com/1968/01/07/george-harrison-flies-to-india/

1961: Performance at the Casbah Coffee Club in West Derby, Liverpool. 1963: Before leaving Scotland at the conclusion of the Scottish tour The Beatles appeared on the children’s television program “Roundup”, miming “Love Me Do”.1964: `Beatles Christmas Show' at the Astoria, Finsbury Park, London.

1965: `Another Beatles Christmas Show' at the Hammersmith Odeon, London (two performances). After the second performance at the Hammersmith Odeon, the Beatles visit the annual Boat Show, at the Earl's Court Exhibition Building, London, after 9.00pm, public closing time.

1964: `Beatles Christmas Show', at the Astoria Cinema, Finsbury Park, London. 1964: `I Want To Hold Your Hand' slowly climbs up the US charts. John declares that the slow ascension of `I Want To Hold Your Hand' in the US charts was ``mere sympathy for British people'', and that he didn't expect being a hit in the US.

1968: US magazine “Look” published photos from the August 11, 1967 Richard Avedon photo shoot of The Beatles. This is the first appearance of these photos, which were later sold as posters and used as album art. In the UK the photos debuted in The Daily Mail.

1964: The first US Beatles album, 'Introducing The Beatles', was released on Vee-Jay records. The album cover showed John, Paul and George with their now famous "mop top" haircuts, but Ringo had yet to convert. Vee-Jay would be forced to stop selling the disc by the end of the year because of legal complications, but by then over 1.3 million copies had been sold.

1981: John Lennon's 'Imagine' started a four-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart, 10 years after it was recorded. Lennon had two other songs in the Top 5 this week, 'Happy Christmas, (War Is Over') and '(Just Like) Starting Over.' 'Imagine' was voted by the viewers of BBC TV as the best lyrics of all time in a poll broadcast in Oct 1999. Also on this day John and Yoko's 'Double Fantasy' album started an eight-week run at No.1 on the US chart. 'Just Like Starting Over' was at No.1 on the US singles chart.

2003: A haul of 500 Beatles tapes known as the 'Get Back sessions' stolen in the 1970's were found after UK police cracked a major bootleg operation in London and Amsterdam. Five men were arrested.

1990: Paul McCartney played the first of 11 sold out nights at Wembley Arena, London, England.

2008: Ringo Starr helped launch the celebrations for Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture. He was joined by acrobats who dangled on wires from cranes as the opening party kicked off a year-long programme of more than 350 events. Organisers hoped the Capital of Culture tag would attract an extra two million visitors to Liverpool and boost the economy by £100m.

This was their first meeting with Alma Cogan, who invited them back to her flat at 44 Stafford Court in Kensington High Street which she shared with her mother and younger sister. They arrived at her flat long before she did as they made a quick getaway in their Austin Princess, leaving Alma to change in her dressing room, but her sister Sandra was there to greet them. Paul recalled later that Mrs Cogan had encouraged Sandra to pay him as much attention as possible, in the hope that a suitable match might ensue. http://www.mccartney2.chat.ru/books/diary/m08_1964.html

The eccentric professor Collins lives completely secluded in his chaotic apartment. When the model Penny moves in next to him, he becomes fascinated of her. He drills holes in her walls and ceiling and peeps on her day and night. He loses himself in daydreams and delusions imdb.com

1961: Performance at Aintree Institute in Aintree, Liverpool. Also performing are Faron and the Tempest Tornadoes.

“The institute was founded in the 1890s by Sir William Pickles Hartley. In an initial meeting in 1892, Hartley offered £1,000 (approximately £60,000 in 2005[2]) towards a project that would see "all the Churches, from the Roman Catholic Church and the Church of England down to the very smallest mission room ... enter into a Christlike compact to fight against evil in every form."[3] After the institute's establishment, the hall was used by the Aintree Photographic Society as a club house and exhibition venue....In the early 1960s, promoter Bill Kelly (also of Lathom Hall) hosted concerts at the Institute billed as "sensational jive dances". The Beatles headlined a number of these evenings, billed as "The Dynamic Beatles"[6] or the "Great Boppin' Beatles".[7] The Beatles performed a total of 31 shows at the venue[8][9] between 7 January 1961[8] and 27 January 1962.[10] While at the club, it was common for some concertgoers to throw chairs at each other and at the band. The Beatles' final concert at the venue paid £15 [2], but Brian Epstein was furious when Kelly paid the group in loose change. Epstein felt this was an insult to the band, and never booked the band with Kelly again.[10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aintree_Institute

1963: Live: Civic Hall, Ellesmere PortThis was The Beatles’ only performance at this venue.

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1964: Photographer Dezo Hoffman flew to Paris with John, Paul and George and documented The Beatles’ time there. He recalled that during the first show the lights went out. “Just as the catcalls started Ringo saved the day. He suddenly became Gene Krupa on his kit, pounding away like crazy. Everyone went wild, shouting Rin-Go! Rin-Go!”-Bill Harryhttp://triumphpc.com/mersey-beat/beatles/beatles-paris2.shtml

1968: George Harrison returns to London from India, where he has been recording the Wonderwall soundtrack. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr (and wives), along with Brian Jones, Donovan, and Cilla Black attend a release party in London for the band Grapefruit's debut album, Around Grapefruit.http://history.absoluteelsewhere.net/January/january17.html